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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: First Official Language Spoken (7), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (232), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census

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This table details first official language spoken , detailed language spoken most often at home , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Pierrefonds - Dollard
Detailed language spoken most often at home (232) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Detailed language spoken most often at home 108,095 57,815 37,010 11,185 2,085 63,405 58.7
Single responses 98,085 53,155 34,040 8,810 2,085 57,560 58.7
English 48,915 45,725 3,195 0 0 45,720 93.5
French 28,765 560 28,200 0 0 560 1.9
Non-official languages 20,410 6,865 2,645 8,810 2,085 11,270 55.2
Aboriginal languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Naskapi 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wetsuweten 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlicho (Dogrib) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarcee 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athapaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitksan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuinnaqtun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuvialuktun 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Romance languages 3,610 345 780 2,210 280 1,450 40.2
Italian 470 65 95 255 50 195 41.5
Portuguese 295 45 70 140 35 115 39.0
Romanian 1,230 70 195 885 75 510 41.5
Spanish 1,625 165 415 925 120 630 38.8
Catalan 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Romance languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 165 110 5 55 0 135 81.8
Dutch 25 15 0 10 0 15 60.0
Flemish 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 125 85 5 35 0 105 84.0
Yiddish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Scandinavian languages 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Danish 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swedish 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afrikaans 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Celtic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gaelic languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavic languages 2,385 640 335 1,240 170 1,255 52.6
Belarusian (Byelorussian) 10 0 5 5 0 0 0.0
Bosnian 25 5 10 10 10 5 20.0
Bulgarian 250 25 50 165 15 105 42.0
Croatian 60 25 0 30 0 40 66.7
Czech 45 15 0 20 5 30 66.7
Macedonian 15 0 0 10 0 5 33.3
Polish 765 220 85 420 40 430 56.2
Russian 980 290 150 450 90 515 52.6
Serbian 90 20 15 50 5 45 50.0
Serbo-Croatian 20 10 0 5 0 10 50.0
Slovak 35 10 5 20 0 15 42.9
Slovenian 15 10 0 0 0 10 66.7
Ukrainian 65 15 10 40 0 35 53.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 0 10 10 0 5 25.0
Baltic languages 10 10 0 0 0 10 100.0
Latvian 5 5 0 5 0 10 100.0
Lithuanian 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Greek 835 390 20 315 105 555 66.5
Armenian 580 80 30 445 25 305 52.6
Albanian 25 5 10 10 5 5 20.0
Georgian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Finno-Ugric languages 125 80 5 40 5 95 76.0
Estonian 10 5 0 0 0 10 100.0
Finnish 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Hungarian 110 65 5 40 0 85 77.3
Turkic languages 90 25 10 40 15 50 55.6
Azerbaijani 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Turkish 85 25 10 35 15 40 47.1
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mongolian 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Afro-Asiatic languages 3,610 820 745 1,725 320 1,685 46.7
Berber languages (Kabyle) 10 0 0 10 5 5 50.0
Cushitic languages 70 5 30 30 10 15 21.4
Oromo 10 0 5 10 0 5 50.0
Somali 55 5 25 20 10 15 27.3
Semitic languages 3,520 820 705 1,685 310 1,665 47.3
Amharic 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Arabic 3,335 735 685 1,610 300 1,540 46.2
Hebrew 175 80 15 70 10 120 68.6
Maltese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tigrigna 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 0 15 0 0 5 50.0
Indo-Iranian languages 4,020 2,015 120 1,270 625 2,645 65.8
Indo-Aryan languages 3,245 1,755 60 905 530 2,210 68.1
Bengali 120 70 5 35 15 85 70.8
Gujarati 650 355 10 155 120 435 66.9
Hindi 275 160 5 85 30 200 72.7
Konkani 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Marathi 5 5 0 0 0 5 100.0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 1,325 695 30 350 250 870 65.7
Sindhi 25 15 0 5 0 20 80.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 25 20 0 5 0 20 80.0
Urdu 820 430 15 265 110 565 68.9
Nepali 5 5 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Iranian languages 760 245 55 360 95 425 55.9
Kurdish 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Pashto 15 5 10 0 5 5 33.3
Persian (Farsi) 740 240 45 360 95 420 56.8
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 15 10 0 5 0 10 66.7
Dravidian languages 1,445 840 55 365 185 1,025 70.9
Kannada 15 5 0 10 0 10 66.7
Malayalam 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Tamil 1,400 805 50 355 185 985 70.4
Telugu 20 20 0 0 0 20 100.0
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Japanese 30 20 0 10 5 25 83.3
Korean 70 45 0 20 5 50 71.4
Sino-Tibetan languages 1,440 695 90 450 210 915 63.5
Chinese languages 1,440 695 85 445 210 915 63.5
Cantonese 250 120 10 80 45 160 64.0
Chaochow (Teochow) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Fukien 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hakka 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mandarin 280 145 10 90 35 190 67.9
Shanghainese 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Taiwanese 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 900 425 65 275 135 560 62.2
Tibetan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Burmese 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tai languages 75 5 30 30 5 20 26.7
Lao 75 0 30 30 10 20 26.7
Thai 5 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Austro-Asiatic languages 460 85 85 255 35 215 46.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 70 10 20 30 10 25 35.7
Vietnamese 390 80 65 220 25 190 48.7
Malayo-Polynesian languages 735 575 0 130 30 640 87.1
Bisayan languages 20 15 0 5 0 15 75.0
Ilocano 40 35 0 5 0 40 100.0
Malay 30 15 0 5 0 20 66.7
Pampango 10 5 0 5 0 5 50.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 640 500 0 105 30 555 86.7
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malagasy 0 0 0 5 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Pangasinan 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Malayo-Polynesian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Niger-Congo languages 175 55 75 45 10 75 42.9
Akan (Twi) 75 45 0 20 0 55 73.3
Bantu languages 30 5 25 5 0 0 0.0
Lingala 15 0 10 0 0 0 0.0
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 5 0 0 5 50.0
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Shona 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swahili 0 0 0 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Ganda 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 5 0 0 0 0 5 100.0
Edo 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Igbo 5 0 0 0 5 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Wolof 15 0 15 0 0 0 0.0
Bamanankan 15 0 15 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ga 5 0 0 5 0 5 100.0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 35 5 20 10 0 5 14.3
African languages, n.i.e. 20 0 5 5 5 5 25.0
Creoles 470 20 250 170 35 105 22.3
Non-verbal languages 30 10 15 0 10 10 33.3
American Sign Language 10 5 0 0 0 5 50.0
Quebec Sign Language 0 0 5 0 0 suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act x
Sign languages, n.i.e. 25 5 10 0 10 5 20.0
Other languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Multiple responses 10,005 4,655 2,970 2,375 0 5,845 58.4
English and French 2,390 530 835 1,025 0 1,040 43.5
English and non-official language 3,865 3,830 40 0 0 3,825 99.0
French and non-official language 1,860 40 1,820 0 0 45 2.4
English, French and non-official language 1,890 265 270 1,350 0 940 49.7

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011040.

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